Thoreau uses a simile to display how bothered he is towards the way a maximum amount of people live their lives. He expresses how frustrated he is by stating, “Still we live meanly like ants”. The majority of individuals tend to live their lives so rushed and do so much with no meaning behind it. With that in mind, he starts to question whether that’s truly how they want to want to live for the rest of their our days. In order to actually live life we must put more thought into every action that’s take even if it requires time otherwise what’s desired will not be
